Essay Concerning Human Understanding Book III

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

In Category - Modern, Social Science (Culture & Anthropology), Writing & Linguistics

Authors: John Locke In Year : 1689

Book Language: English

Audiobook: Essay Concerning Human Understanding Book III

Chapter I. Of Words or Language in General
Chapter II Of The Signification Of Words
Chapter III Of General Terms
Chapter IV Of The Names Of Simple Ideas
Chapter V Of The Names Of Mixed Modes And Relations
Chapter VI Of The Names Of Substances Part One
Chapter VI Of The Names Of Substances Part Two
Chapter VI Of The Names Of Substances Part Three
Chapter VII Of Particles
Chapter VIII Of Abstract And Concrete Terms
Chapter IX Of The Imperfection Of Words
Chapter X Of The Abuse Of Words Part One
Chapter X Of The Abuse Of Words Part Two
Chapter XI Of The Remedies Of The Foregoing Imperfections And Abuses Of Words Part One
Chapter XI Of The Remedies Of The Foregoing Imperfections And Abuses Of Words Part Two

This is the third book of John Locke's Essay on Human Understanding. Book I was Neither Principles Nor Ideas Are Innate. Book II was Of Ideas and Book III is Of Words. Locke is writing about the ideas we have in our minds and the things they are to represent. What does it mean to define a thing? What is an abstract idea? What is motion? What is essential to me as an individual? What would an Englishman born in Jamaica think about ice when he went to England for the first time? What is a concrete term? Locke tackles many such questions in this third book. Book IV is Of Knowledge and Probability. - Summary by Craig Campbell